Thursday, December 4, 2014

Real-Time Post/Prayer Request

As I post this, it’s about 1:30 AM Friday SI time. In a few short hours, the Choates will leave for a 6th grade graduation ceremony. The guest of honor canceled at the last minute, and Joanna was asked to step in!

Here’s a summary of what their day will be like:

We will leave the house at 5:30 in the morning to walk two miles to the school.  Then two hours of communion service followed by "breakfast" of crackers and super sweet tea. After breakfast, the graduation will be very, very long.  Every student has their grades read out.  There will be many speeches - the district priest, teachers, parent representative, and me.  Then the official graduation of the 6th graders.  (Many students never go past this point in their education.)  Then lunch.  Then the entertainment.  One year, Aaron went without me and got home after dark.

While Aaron has filled guest of honor spots such as these before, this will be a first for Joanna, and she’s asked for prayer. She intends to present at least some of her speech in Lavukaleve and the rest in Pijin.

Please pray for stamina through this long day, for Joanna’s speech to be clear as she speaks in two languages that are far from natural to her, and for her to be able to honor both God and her neighbors in this.

Thanks for being prayer supporters of this precious family!

~Ann H.

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